Any simple way to get a SINGLE value from XML file?

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Mbee 3

Okay, I'm still a relative newbie, and I just spent about 18 hours learning and coding up and debugging my very first AutoIt GUI from scratch (with two simultaneously active windows, too)!

So I hope you'll understand that I'm too fatigued to try and learn the particularly complex subject of the XML DOM wrapper UDF and all the associated processing in AutoIt just now. Especially since all I need (and all I may ever need) is to obtain just a single value ("<SaveMovieTo>") from a local XML file! Here are the contents of the XML file in question:

I tried -- I really tried -- to read about the XML DOM wrapper UDF and how to use it, but I go so lost and confused that it looks like it would take a week or two to comprehend. Would anyone be so kind as to just show me the code to get the "<SaveMovieTo>" value? I'd very much appreciate it!

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or it´s the same with FileRead to read all the file instead a single line.

; Create a constant variable in Local scope of the filepath.LocalConst$sFile="C:\savemovie\savemovie.xml";Read all the file $sLine=FileRead($sFile)$sSearch=_StringBetween($sLine,"<SaveMovieTo>","</SaveMovieTo>")$sResult=_ArrayToString($sSearch,"")MsgBox(0,"",$sResult)

or it´s the same with FileRead to read all the file instead a single line.

; Create a constant variable in Local scope of the filepath.LocalConst$sFile="C:\savemovie\savemovie.xml";Read all the file $sLine=FileRead($sFile)$sSearch=_StringBetween($sLine,"<SaveMovieTo>","</SaveMovieTo>")$sResult=_ArrayToString($sSearch,"")MsgBox(0,"",$sResult)

I was asking @eltorro serveral times for any support for XML DOM wrapper (COM) - with no success
So I took matters into my hands .....
I want to present XMLWrapperEx.au3 - BETA Version
Want to join to the project ?

Here is some description:
; #INDEX# =======================================================================================================================
; Title .........: XMLWrapperEx.au3
; AutoIt Version : 3.3.10.2++
; Language ......: English
; Description ...: Functions to use for reading and writing XML using msxml.
; Remarks .......: BETA Version
; Author ........: mLipok
; Version .......: "1.1.1.01" ; _XML_MiscProperty_UDFVersion()
#CS
This UDF is created on the basis of:
https://www.autoitscript.com/forum/topic/19848-xml-dom-wrapper-com/
For this reason, I attach also the last known (to me) previous version ($_XMLUDFVER = "1.0.3.98" _XMLDomWrapper_1.0.3.98_CN.au3 )
For the same reason I continue to recognize the achievements of the work of my predecessors (they are still noted in each Function header).
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. !!!!!!!!! This is BETA VERSION (all could be changed) !!!!!!!!!
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WORK IN PROGRES INFORMATION:
For now 2015-09-01 the descripion (Function Header) can not entirely correctly describe the function.
TODO: in many places I used "TODO" as a keyword to find what should be done in future
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I want to: PREVENT THIS:
The unfortunate nature of both the scripts is that the func return results are strings or arrays instead of objects.
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I want to: USE THIS CONCEPT:
. All function should use Refernce to the object as first Function parameter
. All function should return in most cases objects. There should be separate functions to Change Object collection to array
. All function should use COM Error Handler in local scope.
. All function should return @error which are defined in #Region XMLWrapperEx.au3 - @ERROR Enums
. All function should have the same naming convention
. All variables should have the same naming convention
. There should not to be any Global Variable - exception is $g__oXMLDOM_Events
. It should be possible easy to use XML DOM Events
. https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms764697(v=vs.85).aspx
. It should be possible easy to Debug
. Ultimately, you should be able to do anything with your XML without having to use your own Error Handler.
#CE
More info inside zip archive.
This UDF can be downloaded from here:
REMARK:
This UDF was formerly named: XMLWrapperEx.au3

Hi Guys,
Since I'm able to get a Dell equipment warranty status thanks to my API key, I'm using an UDF to extract data from an XML file and get the end date. >
Thing is, when using InetGet, the original file is in JSON format and the UDF is not working anymore, even if I download the file with the xml extension. Therefore, and when I manually download the page with Chrome, I have a proper XML file where the UDF is working fine.
Here's my code:
I even tried to convert the json to xml > https://www.autoitscript.com/forum/topic/185717-js-json-to-xml/
I took a look here https://www.autoitscript.com/forum/topic/104150-json-udf-library-fully-rfc4627-compliant/ but I don't understand anything :/

The XML read UDF is just perfect for my needs but I'm stuck here...
Thanks for any help you can provide
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3MTXM12.json
3MTXM12.xml

Alright, this is going to be a rather long explanation so bear with me.
What I am trying to to is build a GUI program that, in the end, will look like this:
The middle Frame is for displaying a desktop icon and the right frame is for displaying a selected image.
The XML file I am using looks like this:
<list>
<item id="1">
<ico>Path\to\icon1<\ico>
<img>Path\to\image1<\img>
<exe>Path\to\program1<\exe>
<label>UserDefinedLabel1<\label>
<\item>
<item id="2">
<ico>Path\to\icon2<\ico>
<img>Path\to\image2<\img>
<exe>Path\to\program2<\exe>
<label>UserDefinedLabel2<\label>
<\item>
<\list>
What I want this program to do is when I highlight an item in the listbox (which btw is displaying the <label> value associated with the item) I want the displayed icon and image to change to the ones associated with that entry.
Also I would like to include an additional dialog to open when the 'ADD' button is clicked that will add entries to the XML file that looks like this:

The main problem I am running into is that I do not know much about XML and how to parse it into dynamic variables that can change based off of selection.
Any help is appreciated.

10-29-16 EDIT: For all intents and purposes, I basically want to create something similar to PStart, but with a preview pane with a customizable image for each item in it.